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The Lord an Abundant Helper.
1Praise 2the Lord!
APraise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord Awhile I live;
I will Bsing praises to my God while I have my being.
ADo not trust in princes,
In 1mortal Bman, in whom there is Cno salvation.
His Aspirit departs, he Breturns to 1the earth;
In that very day his Cthoughts perish.
How Ablessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
Whose Bhope is in the Lord his God,
Who Amade heaven and earth,
The Bsea and all that is in them;
Who Ckeeps 1faith forever;
Who Aexecutes justice for the oppressed;
Who Bgives food to the hungry.
The Lord Csets the prisoners free.
The Lord Aopens the eyes of the blind;
The Lord Braises up those who are bowed down;
The Lord Cloves the righteous;
The Lord 1Aprotects the 2strangers;
He 3Bsupports the fatherless and the widow,
But He 4thwarts Cthe way of the wicked.
10 The Lord will Areign forever,
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.
1Praise 2the Lord!
1 146:1 Or Hallelujah! 2 146:1 Heb Yah A 146:1 Ps 103:1 A 146:2 Ps 63:4 B 146:2 Ps 104:33 A 146:3 Ps 118:9 1 146:3 Lit a son of a man B 146:3 Ps 118:8; Is 2:22 C 146:3 Ps 60:11; 108:12 A 146:4 Ps 104:29 B 146:4 Eccl 12:7 1 146:4 Lit his earth C 146:4 Ps 33:10; 1 Cor 2:6 A 146:5 Ps 144:15; Jer 17:7 B 146:5 Ps 71:5 A 146:6 Ps 115:15; Rev 14:7 B 146:6 Acts 14:15 C 146:6 Ps 117:2 1 146:6 Or truth A 146:7 Ps 103:6 B 146:7 Ps 107:9; 145:15 C 146:7 Ps 68:6; Is 61:1 A 146:8 Matt 9:30; John 9:7 B 146:8 Ps 145:14 C 146:8 Ps 11:7 1 146:9 Or keeps A 146:9 Ex 22:21; Lev 19:34 2 146:9 Or sojourners 3 146:9 Or relieves B 146:9 Deut 10:18; Ps 68:5 4 146:9 Lit makes crooked C 146:9 Ps 147:6 A 146:10 Ex 15:18; Ps 10:16 1 146:10 Or Hallelujah! 2 146:10 Heb Yah